Wednesday 19 March 1986—Saturday 22 March 1986
Finian’s Rainbow, by Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg, first opened on Broadway in 1947 when it ran for 725 performances. It could be described as a musical fantasy with political overtones as the storyline involves, among other things, a leprechaun, a crock of gold and a racist Southern senator.
Finian, a whimsically naive Irish immigrant living in Rainbow Valley, Missitucky, somewhere near Fort Knox, beleives that America’s riches have blossomed because of the country’s burried gold, underground at Fort Knox. He hopes to reap similar riches for himself by planting a crock of gold he has stolen from a leprechaun. But the leprechaun is on his trail.
Principal Cast
- Buzz Collins
- Ross Kennedy
- Sheriff
- Maria Donohoe
- Honey Lou
- Lisa Hirst
- Susan Mahoney
- Grace McGuire
- Henry
- Patrick Long
- Finian McLonergan
- Gordon Hogg
- Sharon McLonergan
- Karen Russell
- Woody Mahoney
- Graham Russell
- Og
- Brian Long
- Howard
- James Craig
- Senator Billboard Rawkins
- David R. Mitchinson
- White Geologist
- Marike Goodwin
- Negro Geologist
- Gerald McColgan
- Diane
- Eleanor McKeith
- Maude
- Anne Shaw
- Mrs Hire
- Gillian Runciman
- Mr Purchase
- David McKiver
Necessity Girls
Gospeleers
Chorus
- Hugh Hewitson
- Ruth Gray
- Margaret Brough
- Fay Hewitson
- Christine Long
- Elizabeth Paterson
- Eileen McGuire
- Irene Muirhead
- Jessie Kelly
- Ena Williamson
- Irene Allison
- Gillian Anderson
- Elizabeth Clarke
- Esther Keith
- Anne Panton
- Nan Stevenson
- Sandra Young
- Sheila Campbell
- Shirley Cox
- Yvonne McCombie
- Eileen Nally
- Valerie Willis
- Douglas Borthwick
Children
Production Staff
- Producer
- Irene Buie
- Musical Director
- Hilary Vernon
- Wardrobe
- Cath Mitchinson
- Set Design
- Irene Buie
- Set Design
- Wilma Simpson
- Set Decor
- Bernard J. McKeith
- Lighting and Sound
- Hugh Shields
- Lighting and Sound
- Martin Kenicer
- Lighting and Sound
- Ian McCrossan
- Lighting and Sound
- Tom Garrett
- Electrician
- Ian Runciman
- Prompt
- Evelyn Ramage
- Rehearsal Accompanist
- Brenda Scott
- Programme Designer
- Bernard J. McKeith
- Orchestra - 1st Violins (Leader)
- Philip Button
- Orchestra - 1st Violins
- Jennifer Hannah
- Orchestra - 1st Violins
- Brian Reilly
- Orchestra - 2nd Violin
- Audrey Robertson
- Orchestra - Cello
- Marie Holmes
- Orchestra - Double Bass
- Lucy Robertson
- Orchestra - Flute
- John Allen
- Orchestra - Oboe
- Moira Langston
- Orchestra - Clarinet
- Pauline Allen
- Orchestra - Trumpet
- Christine Morrow
- Orchestra - Trombone
- Craig Fyffe
- Orchestra - Percussion
- David Lyons
- Orchestra - Piano
- Brenda Scott
- Front Of House
- James Cameron
- Front of House
- Ellen Fahy
- Front of House
- Duncan Hewitson
Crew
- Stage Manager
- Wilma Simpson
- Stage Manager
- Carla Valentini
- Stage Crew
- Jim Harkins
- Stage Crew
- Gregor Campbell
- Stage Crew
- Richard Hopkirk
- Stage Crew
- Stephen Long
- Stage Crew
- David Coates
- Stage Crew
- Kevin Little
- Stage Crew
- Gordon Macpherson
- Stage Crew
- Andrew Butler